University of Wyoming researchers John Whiteman and Merav Ben-David inspect a temperature logger implantation site on a polar bear on off-shore sea ice north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in April 2009.

Polar bears are often considered the poster child for climate change due to their dependence on sea ice for survival. As the ...

While polar bears are known to swim between land and sea ice floes to hunt seals, the researchers say that increased sea ice melts push polar bears to swim greater distances, risking their own health ...

While science has established that there is a strong connection between melting sea ice and polar bears dying off, there is no way to know for certain why this bear was on the verge of death.

As the town faces a future where the polar bear season could shrink due to ice melt, they're looking to future proof. Leaders are building out other tourism opportunities — from the northern ...